expressway

English

US 131, an expressway in Wyoming, Michigan. Local roads cross over the highway on overpasses.

Alternative forms

• expy (contraction)

Etymology

express +‎ way

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eks.ˈpɹɛs.weɪ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

Noun

expressway (plural expressways)

1. (US, regional) A divided highway, especially one whose intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated.
2. (Canada, parts of the US, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Philippines) A road built to freeway standards.
3. (UK, New Zealand) A road built for high speed traffic, but not up to motorway standards or designated a motorway.

Synonyms

(abbreviations)

• ewy / ewy.
• expwy / expwy.
• expy / expy.

Derived terms

(abbreviations)

• ewy / ewy.
• expy / expy.
• expwy / expwy.

Translations

US: divided highway

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高速公路 (zh) (gāosùgōnglù)

• Danish: motorvej (da) c
• Dutch: expressweg, snelweg (nl)
• Finnish: moottoritie (fi)
• French: autoroute (fr) f
• German: Autobahn (de)
• Greek: αυτοκινητόδρομος (el) m (aftokinitódromos)
• Hungarian: autópálya (hu)
• Interlingua: autostrata
• Italian: superstrada (it)
• Japanese: 高速道路 (ja) (こうそくどうろ, kōsoku-dōro), 自動車道 (jidōshadō)
• Korean: 고속도로(高速道路) (ko) (gosokdoro)
• Lithuanian: greitkelis (lt)
• Macedonian: автопат (avtopat)
• Malay: lebuh raya (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: motorvei (no) m

• Polish: autostrada (pl) f
• Portuguese: auto-estrada (pt)
• Russian: автомагистра́ль (ru) (avtomagistrálʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: autocesta (sh)
• Shona: marodi
• Spanish: autopista (es)
• Swedish: motorväg (sv)
• Turkish: otoyol (tr)
• Volapük: motoraveg

freeway — see freeway

NZ: high speed road, not built to freeway standards

• Danish: motortrafikvej
• Finnish: moottoriliikennetie (fi)
• French: voie express (fr) f
• German: Kraftfahrstraße (de)
• Korean: 고속화도로 (gosokhwadoro)
• Lithuanian: greitkelis (lt)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: motortrafikkvei

  Nynorsk: motortrafikkveg

• Polish: droga ekspresowa (pl) f
• Swedish: motortrafikled (sv)
• Turkish: motorlu taşıt yolu, ekspres yol (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} luasbhealach m

See also

• autoroute
• carriageway
• freeway
• highway
• motorway

Further reading

• expressway on Wikipedia.Wikipedia